Toilet-comb.



G. F. KARR.

TOILET COMB.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.2, 1913.

%Memo Patented Feb. 24, 1914 CHARLES F. KARB, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TOILET-COMB.

Specification of Letters atent.

Application filed April 2, 1913. Serial No. ?58,385.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Combs, of 'which the following is a full and clear speeification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figur-e 1 is a side elevation of a comb a portion of whose teeth is constructed in aceordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front View of the comb whose teeth are constructed in accordance with my invention; F ig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a section on the line 4:-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 a View similar to Fig. 4 showing teeth having a different cross section; Fig. 6 a View similar to F ig. 3 showing a groove having a greater capacity than the one shown in Fg. 3; and Fig. 7 an enlarged face view of one of the teeth showing another form of scalp engaging edge.

The object of this invention is to so shape the teeth that the comb may not only be used for combing the hair in the usual manner but also shall be capable of use as a scalp-cleaning implement, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing I have illustrated my invention as applied to a comb of a well known type, having half of its teeth thicker and more widely spaeed than the other half but it will be understood that the type of comb is immaterial and that the invention may be applied to a comb whose teeth are uni` form in size and spIacing.

In the drawing have shown only the larger teeth shaped according to my invention, but it will be clearly understood that it is within the spirit of my invention to use all the teeth or any group or series thereof, as is obvious.

In accordance with my invention the teeth are or may be of the usual size and shape except that in one face of each tooth a longitudinal depression or groove a is formed. This groove is preferably coneave in cross-section and is sufliciently wide to form edges b along each side of the tooth. This groove extends from the free end of the tooth upwardly as far as may be desired; in the drawing I have shown them extending up about half the length of the tooth. The upper extremity of the groove gradually decreases in depth until it mergcs into the face of the tooth, and at its other` end the groove preferably terminates short of the extreme end of the tooth, thereby giving to the working-end of the tooth an approximately spoon-shape; the side edgcs b being thus continued around the end of the tooth. The reverse, o'r what may be tcrmed the rear; face of the tooth is shaped as usual or in any approved manner.

In use, it will -be seen that if the comb be drawn through the hair with its nongrooved tooth faces in front it will operate precisely in the manner as the ordinary comb, since neither the grooves nor the edges formed thereby interfere in the least with the free passage of the teeth through the hair or cause any more frietion on the scal p than comb teeth of the usual construction.

When however the comb is moved through' the hair with the groove faces facing in the direction of movement and with the teeth in contact with the scalp, the spoon-shaped ends of the teeth will loosen the dandruif and dust and direct it into the grooves where it will collect and adhere to the teeth. lt will be understood that, as shown in the drawing, the scalp-engaging edges of the spoon-shaped portion :s well as the edges of the grooved portion of the teeth are sufllciently dull or rounded to avoid any injury' either to the scalp or the hair. In actual use of my comb it has been found necessary to exert but an extremely gentle pressure on the scalp to cause the dandruff to be loosened and collected into the grooves. To remove the collected dandrufl' it is simply necessary to tap the comb sharply or, if the collected matter -be too oily for dislodgment in that manner, by simply running the fingers or a piece of cloth down the faces of the grooves. This latter method of cleaning is facilitated by tapering or merging the upper ends of Patented Feb. 24:, 1914.

the grooves into the faces of the teeth, as deshaped scalp-engagng edge at the lower end scrbed and shown. of the tooth, for the purpose set forth. 10 Having thus described my nvention, what In testmony whereof I hereunto aflx my I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letsignature in the presence of two witnesses.

5 ters Patent, is- CHARLES F. KARR.

A toilet comb having a series of its teeth Witnesses: each provided wth a groove n one face CHARLES D. DAVIS,

which terminates in an approximately spoon- B. I. BRIDGES. 

